Hillsboro recorder., 1887-11-03
SOUTHERN BRIEFS.
READABLE ITEMS CAREFULLY
GATHERED HITHER AND YON.
Social, Temperance and Religious Move
ments-Fires. Deaths and Suicides--RaIi-
road Operations aud improvements.

DUNtHS anu Sutclutt-huAts
road Operations aud improvements.
Memphis, Tenn, is a'a med over the
spread Of diphtheria, and the board of
health has issued an address TO the peo-
pie advising precautionary measures.
Chief Engineer Mccullough, of the
Mallory line steamer Comal, was held at
Galveston, Tex, in SIS, 900 bail for caus.
ing the death of John II. Graham, coal
passer. & ...s@. ID
Natural gas was found at Bowling
Green, KY, at depth of 249 feet, and
the town is wild with excitement. II is
said to be in inexhaustible quantities OF
200 pounds pressure to the square inch
1t is regarded as the starting point of a
big boom for that section.
Mr.. Walker, Woolfolk's lawyer, says
that his clients trial for numbering his
entire family, will probably occur in q
few weeks, although ass yet the grand
jury has not considered his case. Wool
folk is now taking things easy in Fulton
county, Ga, Jail.
Arrangements are being made for q
weeks festivities at Austin, Tex, next
May to celebrate the completion of the
new state house, the largest structure of
the kind in the country outside of Wash
ington. Distinguished citizens from the
states and Mexico will be invited to par
ticipate.
The safe OF the 0xanna hotel at Annis-
ton, Ala, was robbed of $400. Mr..
Davidson, the proprietor, left the Office
to show some guests to their room, leay-
ing several unknown parties sitting
around the fire and the safe unlocked.
When he returned, the parties and the
money were gone.
Judge J. Frazier, of Nashville, Tenn,
died at the residence of his son, j. b.
Frazier, in that city, of pneumonia. He
contracted q severe cold on the occasion
of President Clcveland's visit to Chatta-
nooga, which resulted in his death. lie
was criminal judge Of t Nashville dis
trict in 1867.
Notwithstanding heavy rain prevailed
at the time of sale, Col. Adair sold in
less than two hours fifty-four lots for
S15, 900 at Tallapoosa, Ga. The bidding
was sharp and quick, and had the weather
been fair enough, the sales would have
reached $4,000. Nearly every state in
the Union was represented there, and
many of them purchased lots.
The officials Of The Cincinnati, South
ern & Chattanooga, Rome g. Columbus
Railroads, decided to build a new depot
near the Stanton house. Work will be-
gin Gu the building November 10th.
The Cincinnati Southern is now paying
81. 900 per month for the. use OF the
union depot, and has determined TO be-
come independent Of that depot. The
material has already been ordered.
Attachments aggregating $4,000 were
taken out against the clothing house of
Mr.. Lipstine, at Birmingham, Ala, and
the store was closed by the sheriff. Lip
stine resides at Hopkinsville, KY, where
he also has store. He opened a large
clothing house in Birmingham about one
year ago. The bank Of Hopkinsville
is the largest creditor, holding claims
amounting to $4,000. The other credi-
tors are Wholesale clothing merchants in
the East.
As Louis Wright, an Augusta negro,
was crossing the Port Royal Railroad
trestle near the Savannah River bridge in
Augusta, Ga, he fell to the ground. A
heavy iimber, which he struck in falling,
fell upon his body and injured him In
such a manner that he died a few minutes
thereafter. The trestle at the point
frpm which be fell was forty feet high,
but there was asand-bed underneath, and
but for the timber falling upon him, he
would have sustained no injuries.
A serious fire took place at Spences,
Roam county. W. Va. There was moth
to fight the fire with but buckets, and
water being scarce and the winds high,
two-thirds Of the town was destroyed, in.
Guiding the Capital church, Central no.
tel, post. Office, Masonic hall, Cleayinger
house, school house, court house, Jail and
several small dwellings and stores. A
fire also occurred at Petroleum, w. Va,
destroying s. Woodwari's valuable oil
plant and considerable oil. The loss is
heavy.
Jesse Truss, a twelve year old negro
boy, made an almost successful attempt
to wreck the Easily City dummy train on
the bridge over Village creek at Dirming.
ham, Ala. lie placed two heavy pieces
Of iron on the track In such way that
they would certainly have thrown the
train of, had not the engineer discovered
them in time to stop. lie confessed
placing the iron on the bridge, and said
he wanted 10 wreck the train because
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